Deadline: 6 August 2020 Purpose and Scope of Assignment Under the supervision of senior management of UN Global Pulse, the contractor will perform the following duties: Support data governance consultants and partnership leads in maintaining a network of stakeholders on AI and data from public, private sector and civil society organizations in Ghana and Uganda; …
Deadline: 17 July 2020 Purpose and Scope of Assignment Under the supervision of senior management of UN Global Pulse, the consultant will perform the following duties: Coordinate the development and implementation of AI and data governance projects across Africa; Support scaling up of existing initiatives and identify relevant opportunities for Global Pulse’s engagement in the …
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(Online) The Berlin Summer Dialogue series is dedicated to international responsibility in crises and conflicts. The event spans across several weeks. This year, discussions will centre around crisis prevention at the UN, using new analytical tools to inform crisis and conflict early warning, and international cooperation for better response. UN Global Pulse is happy to …
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(3 June, 2020) The EduData Summit series explores how higher education can meaningfully use data to drive innovation for global benefit. Looking at student and institution needs, the 2020 online series will bring together policy experts, data scientists, CIOs and other dataheads to showcase best practice in the field and help steer strategies in higher …
Solidarity should be a core principle guiding the development of innovative and ethical AI applications to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the newly published article co-authored by World Health Organization, UNESCO, ITU and UN Global Pulse experts . The article, AI cooperation to support the global response to COVID-19, published in Nature, explored more …
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The COVID-19 outbreak has generated a vast amount of research to support detection, patterns of transmission, treatment, development of vaccines and impacts of the pandemic. At UN Global Pulse, we joined worldwide efforts since the onset of the disease conducting research to scale high-impact data science and AI methodologies to respond to the pandemic. In …
Using speech-to-text technology to support response to the COVID-19 pandemic Read More »
Annual Report 2019 UN Global Pulse Content 1 Year In Review 2 About 3 Innovation Driver 4 Ecosystem Catalyst 5 Donors & Partners 6 Events Year in Review New methods, tools, and privacy-protecting policies It’s been a decade since UN Global Pulse was set up inside the office of the UN Secretary-General to unleash the …
(Remote) Many in the ML community wish to take action on climate change, yet feel their skills are inapplicable. This workshop aims to show that in fact the opposite is true: while no silver bullet, ML can be an invaluable tool both in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and in helping society adapt to the effects of …
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